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• I have read and agree to the GitHub Docs project's Code of Conduct

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/commits/comments?apiVersion=2026-03-10#create-a-commit-comment
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/guides/working-with-comments?apiVersion=2022-11-28#commit-comments

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

HTTP response status codes for "Create a commit comment"

Should mention that the endpoint can be disabled.

Additional information

Here's an example: https://github.com/check-spelling-sandbox/Viceroy/actions/runs/24851488140/job/72761491315#step:2:1359

{
  "message": "Resource not accessible by integration",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/commits/comments#create-a-commit-comment",
  "status": "403"
}

(I disabled commit comments on this one repository for testing and reran the job to get a response.)

1. It's possible to disable commit-comments across an organization: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-23-disable-commit-comments-across-your-organization/
2. It's possible to disable commit-comments per repository: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-03-25-disable-comments-on-individual-commits/